Chapter 18: The Vine and Grass Demon (1)
Sang Ling was silent, and then sighed, she was also powerless to save him:
"I wanted to take him away and find a feng shui treasure to settle him. What a peach blossom demon who values love and righteousness, it's just gone, it's all to blame for these people with a black conscience!
Besides, who said that demons are all bad? People are all good? People have bad people, and demons naturally have good demons! Then I'm a good puppet!
Xianjun, don't be prejudiced against me anymore. ”
Xie Hanzhou didn't speak, his ears lingered with Sang Ling's sigh, his long eyelashes were slightly constricted, and he raised his eyes to look at Sang Ling again.
The sleeves moved lightly, and a one-inch long jade bottle was already held in his hand, and the bottle was green.
He walked over to the dead roots and poured a bottle of liquid as bright as broken silver into the dead roots.
Seeing his sudden movements, Sang Ling was attracted by that little bit of scorching light, and asked suspiciously:
"Xianjun, what are you pouring?"
"Nectar water is known as the effect of dead wood in spring. In the spring of the coming year, the new branches and shoots will be reborn, and this peach blossom demon may have a day to reunite its spirits. ”
Xie Hanzhou replied lightly.
"Really?!"
Sang Ling's whole eyes lit up, I really didn't expect that this Xie Hanzhou would abandon his secular prejudice against demons and evils and be able to come to the rescue!
This person looks ascetic and cold, but he didn't expect that his personality is not the kind of rigid and conservative person, but she misunderstood him before.
Xie Hanzhou looked down at her, and in that dazzling smile like a summer flower, he held the jade bottle in his hand and paused for a moment before putting it into the storage bag.
In fact, according to his heart, the evil demons are outside the mountains and wilderness, and he is unwilling to waste the precious nectar water. But seeing Sang Ling so depressed and hurtful, he changed his mind for some reason and changed his mind.
Let's just take it as a return for her previous desperate act of protecting each other.
But......
Xie Hanzhou glanced at her lightly and repeated:
"A man of a black conscience?"
"Huh?"
Sang Ling's innocent eyes widened, and she hurried over pitifully.
But he looked around Xie Hanzhou, his tone was surprised, and he came up with the idea of changing the topic:
"Ah, Xie Xianjun, are you still affected by the black fog? I don't think your face is a little bad. If you are not feeling well, you must say it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a big deal to hurt the spiritual veins of the foundation. Is your chest stuffy? Are your legs and feet sore? Do you want me to help you? ”
Xie Hanzhou scoffed.
Don't think he doesn't know that this little liar is scolding him around the corner, black conscience.
"The hour is not early, today is thirteen, we must rush to the corresponding teleportation array in the ghost city as soon as possible."
Sang Ling looked at him for a long time before sighing:
"Immortal Monarch, even if we go to the Ghost City, what if this connection spell can't be solved?"
Xie Hanzhou looked back fixedly, and only after half a ring did he deviate his gaze, and replied in a calm tone:
"It'll be unraveled."
After a moment, he added faintly:
"What are you worried about, as long as you stop being evil, you'll be fine."
After a moment of silence, he said:
"I'll protect you."
Sang Ling's sad face suddenly smiled, like a hundred flowers in full bloom, gorgeous and dazzling. In the depths of the eyes covered by shadows, there is a contemplation, as if to pierce people's hearts:
"Xianjun, I believe you, I won't run anymore."
What if the only solution was to abandon one person...... Are you really going to protect me?
……
When they came out of Taoyuan Township, they didn't wait to look for it, and Sang Ling and the two bumped into the medicine picker head-on, but the old man buried himself in collecting medicine with a hoe on his back, and he didn't find that Sang Ling came out of the ghost village alive.
Sang Ling was about to teach a lesson, but Xie Hanzhou stopped her:
"Don't be angry, there have been traces of ghost qi control on this person's body, probably because they were controlled by those paper lanterns, and it was also an unintentional mistake. Now that the paper lantern is gone, he won't do it anymore. ”
Sang Ling and Xie Hanzhou went down the mountain and left.
The old man was still digging for medicine, unaware of what had just happened.
……
Shortly before dark, the two of them arrived at a small town.
The town is located in the middle of nowhere, and there are not many people.
Although it is located on the main road between Zezhou and Shuzhou, there are many monks and caravans who choose to go to the city to take merchant ships, and mortals like to be in a safe corner, and few travelers in a hurry pass by.
Sang Ling came in before the inn closed, Xiao Er was surprised, and brought a pot of tea to lead the way and beckoned Sang Ling and the two upstairs:
"Guest officer, we rarely have travelers here, there is only one inn in this town, and our inn will close later, your luck is really good."
Sang Ling put away the hat above her head, stretched out her fist and knocked her back twice, and her face wrinkled into bitter gourd in the dust.
"I can't wait to go for a day, and if my life is more miserable, you won't see me."
I was in a hurry all the way, and even the lunch was dry food, so I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch up on the road, but I arrived before dark.
Sang Ling looks good-looking, speaks humorously, and the second child is just a teenager, and she is amused.
Xie Hanzhou fell at the end, holding a long sword, Xiao Er didn't dare to delay when he saw the two monks dressed up, and after going up to the second floor, he directly chose the best room and pushed the door in, and put the new tea and oil lamp in his hand on the table.
"Two, this is the best one, and it is also the only upper room in our inn, there is only one bed, but it is just right for the two of you, it is still enough to sleep, you don't have to worry about adding a bed."
Sang Ling nodded tiredly, she didn't hear Xiao Er's words at all, she picked up a soft stool and sat down, and only concentrated on admonishing:
"Boil some boiling water, prepare pots and hot meals to serve, be sure to be early! I'm tired and hungry now, and the soles of my feet are bubbling. ”
Xiao Er nodded and retreated, and hurriedly went downstairs to make arrangements.
Sang Ling's words were really pitiful, and after finishing speaking, she lay on the table without energy, and there was no movement.
Xie Hanzhou, who sat down to drink tea opposite, frowned slightly, and said:
"I forgot that you shouldn't be in a hurry, this way, trying to get to the inn before dark, but you are not counted."
With that, he paused his gaze and turned to the tea tray on the table.
A cup of tea was pushed in front of Sang Ling by the white jade-like fingertips.
Sang Ling didn't blink, reached out and took it and swallowed it like a cow drink, and after drinking, it was not enough, and pushed the cup back the way it came, raising her eyebrows:
"Xianjun, I still have to drink, pour more."
The tea is full of seven points, too much or too little is not in line with etiquette, but now it is all gone in front of Sang Ling.
Xie Hanzhou shook his head, and Sang Ling's unrestrained nature flashed in his mind, but it was somewhat similar to the person in his memory, he loved freely and didn't want to be regulated-
It is always emphasized that the greatest joy in life is to eat, drink and have fun, and live freely, rather than entangled in the ups and downs of power and wealth in the family clan......
His heart moved slightly, and in an instant, he was completely suppressed by the cold aura.
He lowered his eyelashes, forced himself to cool his face, raised his hand to fill all the empty teacups in front of him, and put them all in front of Sang Ling with the teapot.
"Drink less, when the meal is about to be served, I will go downstairs to the bath room to wash, I will tell Xiao Er to bring the bath tub, you can wash it in the room." An hour later, I came up again. ”
Sang Ling nodded indifferently, concentrating on pouring water for herself with the teapot, obviously thirsty.
When Xie Hanzhou saw her like this, he felt a little blocked in his heart for some reason, his fingers in his sleeves were clenched tightly, and he was let go in the next second, and walked out of the door.
took a bath, ate and changed clothes, and was busy for nearly an hour, before Sang Ling could be regarded as tidying up and being able to see someone.
Xie Hanzhou just said that he would come up in an hour, but now he sees that half an hour has passed, and there is still no movement outside the door.
Where would such a big living person be lost?
Hey!
It's good to really lose it, so that she doesn't have to think about running away.
Sang Ling took off her coat and went to bed, and as soon as the soft quilt was covered with her body, she heard someone knock on the door.
"Knock knock, fairy, have you slept?"
Is it the second shopkeeper?
Sang Ling was puzzled:
"Not yet, what?"
The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, and after coughing a few times through the door, he said carefully:
"Fairy, your companion is the Immortal Monarch just now, he has been soaking in the bath downstairs of our inn for nearly two hours, and the food is useless. This good man is going to be soaked, do you want to call him? ”
Sang Ling wanted to refuse, whether he soaked his hair or not, why did he ask her to coax the child!
And don't you all pay attention to the difference between men and women? She was already in bed, and she had to get up and get dressed again and walk downstairs, and she didn't want to move even more when she thought about it!
But she has no backbone.
If Xie Hanzhou knew about it afterwards, she really couldn't tell it.
Forget it, the shopkeeper is afraid of an accident and is afraid of being responsible, and she is a puppet who is afraid of being taken advantage of.
"Got it, got it! I'll go down! ”
Lian sighed, and the hard-working Sang Ling nurse could only get up from the bed with great difficulty, and the sour soles of her feet put on her shoes again and stepped on the ground.
It's really full of resistance from the hair to the toes.
Along the way, the shopkeeper lowered his head and took Sang Ling around and walked to the end of a trail, only to see the words "Sanshengquan" engraved on the roadside stone.
"Fairy, just walk forward, there are only male guests here, and the pool is not big. It's just that there are few people in this inn today, so there is only one immortal here, and there are no idlers to disturb it, and this place will retire first when the villain arrives. ”
Sang Ling hurriedly stopped her, and the shopkeeper smeared oil on the soles of her feet in the morning, and disappeared as soon as she turned her head.
Sang Ling was speechless.
Is this a man-eating monster?
Or is it indecent between men and men?
How did you run so fast.
"It always feels weird, what kind of moth is this Xie Hanzhou."
In ancient times, there were many hot springs here.
There are many hot springs outside Tianfu City, which are deeply loved by monks and mortals.
Although this place is far away from Tianfu City, the straight-line distance is not far, and it also belongs to the boundary of Shuzhou. Therefore, there are also small local hot springs.
Here, it was encircled by the inn and kept as a guest.
The dim light diffused from the stone lamps on the side of the road, and it became a puddle of dim yellow warmth. There is a faint mist around the spring all year round, which is similar to a fairyland.
Mulberry walked around the stones and along the cobblestone path, which was surrounded by many flowers from the other side, the calyxes were bright red and curly, and the weeping willows were fluttering overhead.
At the end of the road, there is an irregularly shaped stone pond, and the moist stone ground next to the pond is surrounded by bright red flowers from the other side, and the number is extremely dense and very large.
Stepping over the dense flower wall on the other side that is almost calf high, at first glance, there is no human figure on the pool.
"Immortal Monarch? Xie Hanzhou? Are you dizzy? ”
Everything is quiet, and the fog near the hot springs is so thick that you can't see anything as clearly as if you were looking at flowers through the fog.
Sang Ling groped around the hot springs, and only found the Taoist robe that had been laid out and stacked by people, and did not see Xie Hanzhou.